How to Keep your Kids Active During Spring Break without Electronics
Within the last few years many parents have shown increasing concern regarding how to keep their kids entertained over Spring break. Many parents that have created clear programs about electronics with their kids throughout school to prevent many electronic screen hours, worry that they will not be able to implement these rules during Spring break. You will find many ways that parents can easily deal with this issue regarding how to use electronics time off.
Here are a few recommendations of non-electronic stuff families can participate in during Spring break.
- Play non-video games: Including card games, board games, puzzles, dice games, or even create your own new games.
- Cook or bake: Anything from cookies to a meal, based upon the age of your kids. You can ask your children to do a cooking contest show and ask them to watch cooking tutorials on Youtube to get ideas and then recreate the dishes with your children and their friends. Parents can judge and decide who the winner is.
- Do a small project. Ask your kids to visit Pinterest; a website that contains DIY projects. Then you and your children can work together on redecorating a child’s room or creating handmade holiday gifts.
- Build something decorative and useful. Every time your kid sees the fruits of their work, they will feel proud all over again. You may also hire your kids to do appropriate jobs based on their ages and the kids may enjoy the experience of making money. Kids can be helpful, and parents don’t need to feel guilty asking kids to work on their Spring break as they are getting rewarded for helping out.
- Learn a new talent or skill. Challenge your kids to learn things that they are able to do and have fun learning new skills. For instance, hacky sack, juggling, magic tricks, knitting, playing a music instrument, or learn the words to their favorite songs. Kids, like adults, like to get challenged. Find out if your children are able to juggle 3 balls for just two minutes straight or find out if your kids are able to knit a scarf.
- Get your children moving. Being active indoors can lead to plenty of energy children need to burn up. Ask your children to perform an easy dance party. Or you could set up a small Olympic Course filled with physical challenges. Create an easy to a hard obstacle course indoors or even outdoors. Then ask their friends to come to join over to do the challenge with your family.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
